Ideas

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June is Dairy month in Wisconsin, a time where we thank our dairy farmers for all of their hard work. You can do this by drinking milk, eating cheese and yogurt, it does a body good.

Marlene Doerr Kreilkamp, founder and executive director of Milwaukee-based SHARP Literacy has announced her retirement.

Editor’s note: Stephen Sandherr, chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, issued the following statement in...

The state of Wisconsin gained nearly 20,000 jobs in 2011, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Associated Press reported. The jobs numbers are in line with the state’s recent estimates.

Recently, Dan Isenberg from Babson College visited Milwaukee and spoke to the Greater Milwaukee Committee's membership group and to an audience of entrepreneurs at OPEN MiKE. He said that the only ideas worth pursuing are the ones which one person, if not many, thinks are worthless. His point was that the best ideas aren't easily grasped; they require visionary thinking and, ultimately, a leap of faith.

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside today announced the appoint of four key executives to its leadership.

Milwaukee-based Robert W. Baird & Co. Inc. announced that its Public Finance business has added five bankers and opened three new offices in Texas, expanding the firm's presence in the state.

The Fisher-Barton Group of Waukesha has acquired Lund Precision Products Ltd., Ireland, from Lund Precision Group.

Menomonee Falls-based ZBB Energy Corp., a leading developer of intelligent, renewable energy power platforms, said it has completed its previously announced underwritten public offering of 31.6 million shares of its common stock at a price to the public of 38 cents per share.